North Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Jason Chapman kisses the wrong end of a piglet, causing students to squeal in Alton, Ill. The Kiss the Pig assembly "punished" teachers whose classes raised the fewest dollars for leukemia and lymphoma research, but bussing the backside was Chapman's own idea.

villagers crowd the funeral of alleged Hizbul Mujahideen militant Arshid Ahmed in Shopian, Kashmir. Ahmed was one of two men killed in a gunfight with security forces in Shopian. About a dozen rebel groups have been battling Indian forces since 1989 for Kashmir's independence.